The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-07-14
SEEN IN A HOSPITAL.
SOME REMARKABLE WORK DONE
WITH SURGEONS KNIVES.

A Patient Relates Her Experience-Cut-
ting Out a Cancer-The Temporary
Madness of a Patient Causes n Big
Sensation.
A woman who was a priva patient for
several weeks in leading hospital in New
York city consented to tell reporter some
interesting facts in regard to the operations
performed. They are remarkable instances
of medical and surgical skill. The lady was
never in hospital before, and was quite Curl
GUS to observe the actions of patients, nurses
and surgeons. She had an interesting ex-
perience with her next door neighbor, who
was suffering from dementia The second
night of her stay he jumped out of bed and
ran into the ward shouting "Murderl" and
"Policep until half the hospital was aroused
and nurses and attendants, orderles and
doctors came rushing to the scene.
AS that weird cry of murder rang and
echoed through the long halls and corridors
the effect was remarkable. An engineer in
one Of the private rooms, with crushed head
and almost senseless, ceased his low means Of
pain and listened. He had been brought to
the hospital two days before after falling
down an elevator shaft and striking on his
head, sustaining an injury which upon exam
ination proved to be compound fracture Of
the skull. A very skilful operation was per-
formed by the attending sur cons. His
brains were entirely removed and broken
pieces of the skull extracted and the uniniured
portions of the brain returned to their place.
Even the little 3-month-old babe, brought
there with club feet, now Strengthened with
brace and bandage, ceased its wailings Of
pain and listened, too. A little 3-year-old
boy, with broken leg, who had been moan
ing all day and calling for his mother, hushed
his cries and, clutching the bed clothes, lay
with wide open eyes the remainder of the
night
WONDERFUL FEATS OF SURGERY.
ut is astonishing" said the lady, ito wit
ness what is accomplished in difficult surgery
at the hospitals, even in these days of scien-
tific discoveries and achievements. If
should tell one-half Of what / saw and heard
during the three weeks of my stay would
scarcely be believed. After almost cutting
people in pieces and putting them together
again, and keeping them in bed a couple of
weeks, they turn them out cured. And it is
done so easily. The simplest remedies posi-
BILE and system and regularity in every detail
are strictly observed. The service is admir-
able. Only trained and experienced nurses,
male and female, are employed, and then tie
and paraphernalia are so per-
feet. The ambulance comes and goes, and
brings patient after patient. If their injuries
are slight the wounds are dressed, and they
are sent away; if serious, they are imme-
diately taken to the operating room and from
thapna IN tba Hyar1S No
no gossiping is allowed, and one OF the nurses |
said to me, when she thought was too in
quisitive, we are here to work and not talk |
Zone day / noticed unusual excitement |
amopg the orderlies, and my nurse informed |
me she would have to leave me for couple |
of hours in charge of the nurse from the next |
ward. a middle aged gentleman, suffering
from a cancer on his tongue, had entered the |
hospital to be operated upon. The serious
ness of the case caused the flutter of. excite
ment among the nurses. The scent of ether
was in the air and we knew the new patient
was being conveyed to the operating room.
Two hours passed and he did not return.
Another hour and the orderlies bore him to
his room. The operation had been entirely
successful. Some of his teeth were extracted
and the under jaw had to be sawn apart in
sections and turned down over the neck,
while about two-thirds of the tongue and
roots were removed; then the separated jaw
was reunited, the head and face bandaged
and two hours after he was sleeping like
babe.
"The service in a first class hospital, it
seems to me, is the best medical and surgical
skill that science can command. The great
oenevoleuce and self denial with which the
physicians work in such institutions are to
% greatly admired. l want to say to all who
Ire afflicted that to be conveyed to a hospital
S by no means to be conveyed to the grave"
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